Susceptibility to Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Polymorphism of Complement System Genes and Neisseria meningitidis Factor H Binding Protein

Human Factor H (FH) Impairs Protective Meningococcal Anti-FHbp Antibody Responses and the Antibodies Enhance FH Binding

(2014) I. Costa et al.   mBio

A phase 2 randomized controlled trial of a multicomponent meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (I)

(2014) Roman Prymula et al.   Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Genetic susceptibility to meningococcal infection

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Genetic susceptibility to invasive meningococcal disease: MBL2 structural polymorphisms revisited in a large case-control study and a systematic review

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The Relative Roles of Factor H Binding Protein, Neisserial Surface Protein A, and Lipooligosaccharide Sialylation in Regulation of the Alternative Pathway of Complement on Meningococci

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Meningococcal Factor H Binding Protein fHbpd184 Polymorphism Influences Clinical Course of Meningococcal Meningitis

(2012) Jurgen R. Piet et al.   PLoS One

Complement in age-related macular degeneration: a focus on function

(2011) D T Bradley et al.   EYE

Association of Genetic Variants in Complement Factor H and Factor H-Related Genes with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Susceptibility

(2011) Jian Zhao et al.   PLoS Genetics

Infections of People with Complement Deficiencies and Patients Who Have Undergone Splenectomy

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Effect of Factor H-Binding Protein Sequence Variation on Factor H Binding and Survival ofNeisseria meningitidisin Human Blood

(2010) Kathleen Y. Dunphy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Host genetics and outcome in meningococcal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2010) Matthijs C Brouwer et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the CFH region associated with host susceptibility to meningococcal disease

(2010) Sonia Davila et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The Meningococcal Vaccine Candidate Neisserial Surface Protein A (NspA) Binds to Factor H and Enhances Meningococcal Resistance to Complement

(2010) Lisa A. Lewis et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Severity of Meningococcal Disease Associated with Genomic Bacterial Load

(2009) Tom Darton et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Complement and immune defense: From innate immunity to human diseases

(2009) Peter F. Zipfel   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

The modular architecture of meningococcal factor H-binding protein

(2009) P. T. Beernink et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Neisseria meningitidis recruits factor H using protein mimicry of host carbohydrates

(2009) Muriel C. Schneider et al.   NATURE

Frequency of factor H-binding protein modular groups and susceptibility to cross-reactive bactericidal activity in invasive meningococcal isolates

(2009) Rolando Pajon et al.   VACCINE

Complexity of complement activation in sepsis

(2008) Maciej M. Markiewski et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Host genetic susceptibility to pneumococcal and meningococcal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2008) Matthijs C Brouwer et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Inherited complement deficiencies and bacterial infections

(2008) Francesco Tedesco   VACCINE

The complement fitness Factor H: Role in human diseases and for immune escape of pathogens, like pneumococci

(2008) Peter F. Zipfel et al.   VACCINE